Major Nelson's Diary
Written by webmistress April
Season 3
Entry #23
I never knew how opposite siblings could be until I met Jeannie's sister. The other morning, I was having my coffee
and Jeannie and I were talking and we got to talking about family and she commented that she had not seen her sister
Jeannie in a very long time. Yeah, she and her sister have the same name and that is about all they have in common.
Their personalities are completely different.
I came home that evening only have Jeannie (or who I thought was Jeannie) come charging at me and grab me and kiss me.
Yes, Jeannie has kissed me on her own before, but not like that. She was acting really strange. She then proceeds to
blink us all over the country side for a night out of eating and dancing in a Brazilian night club and no matter what
I said to her, she wouldn't blink us home. I was basically out all night with no sleep, I just couldn't understand it.
I had never seen Jeannie act this wild.
I came home again the next day only to find Jeannie's bottle with the cork in it and I thought I heard her yelling for
me to let her out, but it took me a minute to see she was locked in her bottle and she came out and she was so relieved
to see me. I all of a sudden heard another voice that sounded just like Jeannie, only a little deeper, calling for me
and I was astounded. Jeannie very quickly told me it was her sister and that for me to pretend that I thought her sister
was still her, so I played along. I told her I wanted her to wear some outfit I had seen Jeannie wear and Jeannie and I
got her trapped in Jeannie's bottle.
Then as luck would have it, Roger comes charging through my living room and opens Jeannie's bottle thinking Jeannie was
still stuck in there and let her sister out and then the fight was on. I was tossed and thrown all over the living room.
Her sister was blinking things that came at me and blinked me into doing tumbles and I ended hanging from something on
the wall. She wouldn't stop. Yeah Jeannie's sister claimed to like me, but she sure had funny way of showing it. I
yelled where Jeannie could hear me and asked if her sister had a master of her own and it came to her, why didn't she
think of it before (yeah no kidding). Jeannie blinks and this Middle Eastern man appeared and Jeannie's sister's eyes got
real big. Her master commanded her to get back in her bottle and she obeyed, but looked at Jeannie and me and said she'd
be back, but I didn't care. I was just glad to be rid of her for that moment. I'd deal with her coming around again if she
did when the time came. Come to find out, her sister tried to trick Jeannie into trading masters since she didn't like hers
and she obviously got a thing for me and thought she could take me, but it won't happen. I couldn't handle her. Besides, I
love Jeannie and I wouldn't want another Jeannie even if her sister didn't act like she did.
Entry #24
Jeannie is a lot smarter than what I give her credit for. I had to go on a trip and tried to trick her into staying home
because I was sure something chaotic would happen with her along, but it was no good. She got wind of what I was up to and
came along anyways. I should know better than to try and trick her, but I guess I didn't this time. While we were in Hawaii,
we were sitting on a deck one day and Jeannie had this pin on and she said King Tut had given her that pin (talk about ancient).
She was so attached to that pin; she wouldn't have parted with it for anything. At least that is what I thought at first.
We met a guy by the name of Mr. Vanderhaven (or who we thought was Mr. Vanderhaven) who seemed like an honest man. He was
very nice and invited us out the next day for lunch, but I had something I had to do, but he asked Jeannie if she would come
anyways and I couldn't stop her (well I could have, but it wouldn't have been nice). So she went. He wanted to take her on a
tour. Later that day, she came back to the hotel so excited (she really is cute when she's excited). She said she had a surprise
for me. She said she bought some land for me that was filled with diamonds. I thought she was crazy, but she showed me the
"diamonds" and I asked her how she did that and she said she traded Mr. Vanderhaven that priceless pin of hers for that land.
I looked at the "diamonds" and right away I knew she had been taken. Jeannie was in disbelief at first and then really upset
knowing I was right and next thing I know she blinks out and I knew she was up to something, but what was I to do.
Now here is where I see how clever and smart she really is. What she did to this guy (this is fantastic) is she went and found
him at the yacht and she said she just wanted to thank him and of course she said he was quite surprised. Jeannie blinked up
some "diamonds" and really fooled this guy. She said she found all that on the land and Mr. Vanderhaven went crazy. He said it
was a mistake to "sell" her the land and he wanted it back and he would give her her pin back and he did. She got her pin back
and right before she blinked out, she turned those "diamonds" into rock candy! Now how about that. That is one of the most
clever things she has ever done. Life sure isn't dull with her around. She makes life interesting, especially my life. I don't
know what I would do without her. In fact, I can't even imagine my life without her.
Entry #25
I had a very interesting day, or should I say, intriguing day. Jeannie wanted to go with me to this get together and I told her
no and she basically begged me and said she would do anything if she could just go with me and I didn't want her to go because I
knew she was bound to use her magic, even not meaning to, in some way and she said she wouldn't. She even said she would transfer
her powers to something to reassure me and so I agreed. I mean, how could I turn her down.
Well, when I got to work, all kinds of things started happening, every time I said I wish or something like it, it would happen.
So I called out and told Jeannie to stop and reminded her that she promised not be using her magic if she wanted to go to that
party, but it was no good. Roger and I had papers piled up a round us. Roger became a brick and then a baby and then back to
himself. It was endless. So I called Jeannie and told her the deal was off and she could not come with me and she tried to tell
me she didn't do anything, but I wouldn't listen to her. I mean how else could that stuff have happened?
Well I later found that when she transferred her powers, she transferred them to me. Me! Uh oh, I had unknowingly given them to
Dr. Bellows. What was I going to do? Well I had to weasel him into giving them back to me without him knowing what I was doing.
All kinds of things happened to him. He blinked in this huge dinner table and everything. He was convinced he was cracking up.
I finally had him say he "wished" I had his problem, and voila, I had the powers back. Thank goodness. What a day. This was the
weirdest thing ever.
Entry #26
Jeannie has been through quite an ordeal. This morning, she popped into a lab unexpectedly (I should have learned not to be
surprised by that by now) and when I was rushing her to get out of there before someone saw her, Dr. Bellows came in about that
time and conked Jeannie on the head and knocked her out. I tried to revive her, but some guy came in and started acting like he
was in charge and said not to touch her and he wanted her examined immediately. We asked him who he was and he said he was Jeannie's
lawyer. I knew this guy was a fake from that very moment, but I couldn't do anything. Roger and I went to see her and we couldn't
get in. We had to get her out before they realized that she wasn't as what we would say, as normal as I am. Come to find out, they
had already taken an x-ray and it came up with the doctor's diploma on it. They figured it was a mistake and ordered a new x-ray.
That was all I needed. At least we had some more time. Let me add, this moron of a lawyer was out side Jeannie's room making all
kinds of dumb statements on Jeannie's behalf. I mean who did this guy think he was?
Anyways, Roger and I proceeded to find a way to get into Jeannie's room. We ended up getting in by way of a paint scaffold on the
outside of the hospital. We got in only to get the biggest shock of all. She didn't know who Roger and I were or who she was.
She screamed and we tried to reassure her, but it did no good. When I told her she lived with me, she thought we were married and
she looked even more puzzled when I said we weren't and thought other things were going on. She thought we were even more nuts when
we told her who she was. She was a genie in a bottle. We got her to do some blinking, but it made things even more chaotic. Dr.
Bellows was turned into a little white mouse that was supposed to go on a mission. To make a long story short, we got Jeannie out
of the hospital and she came with us willingly.
What ended up happening was that she and Roger bumped heads and her memory returned, but Roger lost his for a brief time, but he
was okay. I write about this cause it was very frightening because I almost thought I was going to lose Jeannie again. Who knows
what would have happened if we hadn't gotten her out of there. What if she had never remembered me or Roger or who she was? I
couldn't take that. It was such a relief that her memory returned. She was kind of frightened after we got home and I told her
all that had happened. She said the sweetest thing to me. She said that no matter what, she could never forget her dear darling
master and that even that it was an ordeal to lose her memory, she would have remembered me eventually. She said how could she
possibly forget the one who saved her from her bottle and has done so much for her. Yes, I may have done a lot for her, but I
figure I'm the lucky one to have her.
Entry #27
I haven't written in a bit because things have been kind of crazy. For one thing, my mother was here for a visit and she almost
moved in with me because she figured I wasn't being taken care of. Of course, Jeannie took offense to that because she does take
care of me, but what I going to tell my mother? Was I going to tell her that my own personal genie is seeing after me? No. I
told her I was fine and I am eating right, but she figured her baby needed more. That finally blew over thanks to Jeannie. I
won't go into how, but it did. Mother went home and everything was fine.
Then I was asked to escort Bootsie Nightingale to a ball at the hospital and that was a near disaster so I won't go into that.
I'm involved in something even stranger. I knew something was up when Jeannie invited a woman over to meet me. Her name was
Helen and Jeannie had supposedly met her at the beauty parlor. She was picked out of a computer for me. She told Helen she was
my sister. Now what is up with that? I reminded her that the last time I looked at another girl she turned her into a chimpanzee.
She the said she wanted me to have all the girls I wanted. Huh? Wait a minute. Wait just a doggone minute here. This couldn't
be my Jeannie talking. We had a nice dinner and then after dinner, Jeannie just couldn't be quiet about all of Helen's accomplishments.
Then when Helen wanted to call a taxi to take her home, Jeannie insisted I take her home. Ok, so I went with the flow and Jeannie
said she had a midnight date (and that bothered me, if I may add). What was I supposed to do? The next morning, Jeannie kept on
and on about her. She told me I should see her again the next night and I reminded her of our ballet date and she said she couldn't go
because she made another date. I just gulped. Now what could possibly be going on? I don't understand all this. Gotta jet for now.
Entry #28
Thank goodness everything is alright. I continued to take Helen out because she was actually a fun girl and I enjoyed the things we
did. The only peculiar thing was that bad things kept happening.
Helen and I were in my car and the top on my car came down in front of my face. I knew Jeannie had to be behind it and I went home and
chewed her out for it, but she promised she did not do it and she wanted me to continue to see Helen. I then took Helen on a picnic and
next thing I know, I'm sinking into the ground like quick sand. I really got upset this time and I went home angry. I told her I had
every intention of taking Helen out again and to make sure nothing happened, I put her in her bottle and locked her in the desk. It
didn't work.
Helen and I were on a canoe ride and the canoe came apart and I fell in the water. I got home and Jeannie was still there in her bottle.
She couldn't have done that. I finally asked her to come out with it and she finally told me that the reason all that stuff happened to
me was because of her, that she was under the sign of the jinx. I asked her who told her that and she said her sister did. Her sister!
I should've known after what happened when she was here before. I convinced Jeannie there was no such thing and that she didn't have to
go anywhere.
This is where is gets funny. I kept my bridge date to take Helen over to the Bellows to play bridge and took Mrs. Bellows a bottle of
perfume because Jeannie said her was very spoiled and attracted to perfume. Well it worked. I trapped her sister in the bottle and
Jeannie wanted to mail her back to her master in Baghdad. Roger later almost spoiled it before I took Jeannie out when he saw it in
the mail box and brought it back in and broke it and her sister got out, but we ended up tricking her again and trapped her again and
we were rid of her, yet again.
Tonight when I took Jeannie out, I decided to play a little joke on her. I acted like I was taking Helen out again and walked out the
door. But I right came back and knocked and wondered why Jeannie wasn't ready yet. Oh, this was too funny. She looked at me puzzled,
like she didn't understand. I told her I didn't like to have dates keep me waiting and she jumped for joy. I told Jeannie before we
left the house this evening and told her next time she wanted to know who was right for me not to ask a computer but to ask me. The
thing is, it feels like that she is who is right for me. I feel like she's the one. But she's a genie. Mortals aren't supposed to
marry genies. But why? I did take her out that night, but we were detained for a little while because Roger just had to come by at
that moment and he let Jeannie's sister out of the perfume bottle, but we took care of it. We had a wonderful time and Jeannie seemed
so peaceful and content compared to how tense she had been when she thought she was a jinx to me. I just don't understand how or why
her sister could be so cruel. I know her sister wants to get me, but that little lady has another thing coming and she has a lot to
learn. Besides, I love Jeannie. Some would say she isn't even real, but she's as real to me as any other woman and I love her.
I love her so much. I wanted so bad to tell her that while we were out tonight, but just couldn't get the courage to do it. I wish I
could, but how could it work? I just don't know.
Entry #29
I do not know what I am going to do with Jeannie. She never leaves me in the dark about anything. She came to me yesterday morning
and tells me she needs to help someone out with something. Knowing her, I got suspicious. She then told me it was someone in Baghdad.
I think she said it was her Uncle Abelmire. I didn't think anything about it. After all it's her uncle. Then this morning, she told
me he needed her help again and said she would be there all day. So I said that was fine. It gave her something to do.
Roger and I spent the morning working on a project and I was supposed to eat lunch with Roger today, but he told he couldn't make it
because something came up and I ended up eating with Dr. Bellows and General Peterson. Later this afternoon, Jeannie popped in and said
she wouldn't be home till later tonight because she still had some more to do for her uncle. I said that was fine.
Then, the most peculiar thing happened. Dr Bellows came over this evening to see if I had a report that he needed and I did have it,
but I was waiting for Roger to okay it. He then said he had just seen Roger out with a girl who had blonde hair. It took me a minute
and then it occurred to me, could that have been Jeannie? I asked what the girl looked like and Dr Bellows told me that she had blonde
hair that came down a bit past her shoulders and was wearing a pink dress. I asked him what they were doing and he told me that they
were in a local men's shop looking at clothes and then at men's watches and things. I knew then it had to be Jeannie. Roger never took
any dates out shopping. If they were in a men's store, it had to be Jeannie. Jeannie had lied to me and she was helping Roger all along.
She came in that night and acted like nothing was out of the ordinary. I asked where she had been and she reminded that she was helping
her Uncle Abelmire and I asked her if she was sure and she said yes. I then got after her. I told her that I knew she had been out with
Roger that evening (and probably at lunch too) and was seen in a men's store because with him looking at clothes and watches and things like
that and I knew it was her because Roger wouldn't take any of his dates out shopping. She tried to tell me that she wasn't but I knew better.
I reminded her that I did not want her blinking up things for Roger and she said she wasn't. Why is she lying to me? Why else would she be
in a men's shop with him? We argued and she kept denying that she was blinking anything for him and I told her to get in her bottle till she
was ready to confess. I put the cork on it and put it in the desk. I wanted to believe her, but what else could it have been? She had a
very sad and hurt look on her face and I didn't want to hurt her, but I know she is lying to me. Why else would she be with Roger in a men's
clothing store like that? I just don't know what I am going to do with her.
Entry#30
Ok, let it be known that I have stuck my foot in my mouth yet again. I found out that Jeannie wasn't helping her uncle, but she told me that
it was for a good reason. I went to Roger this morning ready to ball him out for using Jeannie and having her lie about it. I told him I
knew what he and Jeannie had been up to for the last two days and he got a blank stare on his face and then tried to tell me he didn't know
what I was talking about. I told him that Dr Bellows told me that he had seen him out with a girl with blonde hair in a men's clothing store
and he continued to just stare at me and then he gulped. He then said yes he and Jeannie were at the clothing store and then I let him have it.
I told him that it made me very angry that he would coax Jeannie into going behind my back and blink things up for him and then convince her to
lie about it to me. He then started to tell me that that wasn't it at all and I told him oh sure it was. He kept on and on and on and on I told
him to quit lying about it and to tell me why else would Jeannie go behind my back and tell me she was going to help out her Uncle Abelmire when
in reality she was out with him in a clothing store looking at expensive things. He then got more defensive and this time he let me have it.
He told me that it was supposed to be a surprise for me. I was confused. He told me that Jeannie came to him and asked him for his help and I
asked what she would need his help with. He said that Jeannie wanted to get a special surprise for me for my birthday and she knew I would want
something that she didn't blink up. She didn't have a way to get anything without magic and he offered to help her out. They went looking and
she did find something for me and that's all that was going on. He told me he even knew better than to ask her to do anything for him. He knew
she wouldn't because she couldn't for one thing and she wouldn't even try it without consulting me.
By the time he told me all that, I felt about two inches tall. He then told me that she had planned a special dinner for me to celebrate. I
felt even smaller. I couldn't even say anything for a minute. I sat down and put my head in my hands and thought about what Roger had just told
me and how I had accused Jeannie of going behind my back. I felt so ashamed and I should have. I stood up and apologized profusely to Roger and
he was very nice about it and said it was cool. But how was I ever going to face Jeannie for getting so angry at her and then putting her in her
bottle like that? I wouldn't blame her if she never forgave me. I took an early lunch and went home. I had taken the cork off her bottle that
morning right before I walked out the door so she could get out and not be stuck in there all day. I walked in the door and she was lying on the
couch in her pink harem outfit not doing anything. I walked in very slowly. I didn't know what to say to her. I called her name and she sat up
and said, "Yes Master?" I think she was afraid I was still angry at her. She looked like she had been crying. I went over to her and sat down
next to her. I took her hands and told her I was sorry for what I had done the night before. I told her that I had it out with Roger this morning
and he told me what was really going on. She ducked her head and said she was sorry for lying to me about helping out her uncle but she didn't know
how else to get around it without my knowing it was a surprise for my birthday and that Roger was the only one she knew to ask for help. I told her
that it was okay and that that didn't matter right then. I told her I was the one who was in the wrong and I was ashamed for having accused her of
doing something she didn't do and not letting her explain and for being so rude about it. I told her I should have trusted her and I was very wrong
for not doing so. I asked her if she could ever forgive me and she looked up at me with big tears in her eyes and she a little smile on her face and
she threw her arms around me and said yes that she forgives me. I apologized again and she said it was alright. She then asked me if she could go
ahead and give me my present. She said the moment seemed right. I told her of course if she wanted to. She smoked into her bottle and got it.
She came back over to me so excited. She explained how she knew I would rather have something she didn't blink up and it was a beautiful silver space
ship pin to go on my lapel. She then handed me another. She wrote me a message and put it some fancy paper. It said this: "To the most wonderful
master a genie ever had. No one has ever been so kind to me as you, Master. Even though I have caused trouble at times, you always manage to let me
know that I'm special. Happy Birthday, Master. Love, Jeannie." I believe that my heart skipped a beat and I felt weak all of a sudden. I was melting.
I had never read or gotten a more beautiful present in my life. I told her thank you and then I gave her big kiss. She then asked so sweetly if I was
pleased and I told her "pleased" can hardly describe it. It was the best birthday present I ever got. I think I made her blush. It got time for me to
go back to the base and she asked me before I left if she could still give me the dinner she had planned and I told her whatever she wanted to do, even
though I didn't deserve it and she was so happy I was going to let her do it.
I came home this evening and she was dressed in the most beautiful silver gown. Once again, I could hardly breathe looking at her. She told me she did
do some blinking to make the dinner just right and I told her that was okay. She blinked a tux on me and she told me to sit down and she blinked in the
dinner. We had a roast chicken, asparagus, potatoes, and salad (and I had a little helping of crow on the side). I didn't know what to say. After what
I had done jumping to conclusions and all, I certainly didn't deserve all this. I told her how nice all this was that she had done and she said it was the
least she could do and that she was so happy she could do something for my birthday. After dinner, we sat on the couch and talked. I told her again how
sorry I was for jumping to conclusions and that if I could make it up to her, I would. She just looked at me and told me that there was something I could
do. I asked her what? She didn't say anything, but leaned over towards me and kissed me so sweetly. After our lips parted, I stood up and took her hand
and stood her up and I put my arms around her and kissed her back and we stood there for what seemed like forever. When we parted again, I kind of jokingly
asked her how that was for making up and she told me with a smile on her face that she still considers kissing and making up one of her favorite American
customs. At that, I couldn't help but kiss her again. We went for a walk after that for a while and we came back and I was tired and decided I needed to
get to bed. Before I came in my room, she asked me if she could kiss me goodnight and I walked over to her and told her sure and she kissed me even sweeter
than before and then said goodnight and smoked off to her bottle.
I am so very blessed. I don't deserve her, but yet I am blessed anyways. I know she wants to do all these extravagant things for me and blink up all kinds
of things for me, but just having her here is enough for me. She forgave me for being a total rat and she gave me the best birthday of my life. I'm going
to try everyday to make sure she knows how special she is, even though she's different. I love her. I so wish I could tell her that I am in love with her.
Boy when it hits you, it hits you hard. I think it has really hit me hard. I do not think that I have ever felt this way about anyone else. I wonder why.
Gotta go for now.
Entry #31
I have had one of the most nerve racking few of days of my life. The other day I was supposed to begin my vacation. Jeannie and I were going to go to Rome.
We were both excited and while I was still at NASA, she popped in to say how excited she was and of course I got startled as always and she showed me how she
was all packed (it was actually very cute-she had blinked everything teeny tiny so it wouldn't take up so much space) and when we heard someone coming she
blinked into the moon safe and at first I couldn't find her but then I saw she had blinked into the moon safe (this safe was to be launched to the moon) and
while I was bent down talking to her, telling her to go home, Roger opened the door and bumped into me and I bumped into the safe door and shut it Poor Jeannie,
she got so scared.
So while Roger stayed with her, I went to find Dr. Bellows to get the combination to the safe and of course he thought I was kidding, but I told him I accidentally
shut the safe and he went crazy. He called the general and told him the closing ceremony was off and that the safe would have to take off the next day. Oh boy,
I HAD to get Jeannie out. Roger and I proceeded to try and break in until I read in the manual that if anyone dialed the combination or attempted to break in
and the explosive mechanism would be ignited and I stopped Roger just in time before he pounded on it.
Roger and I then had an idea to go and find a couple of safe crackers to try and get in. We went to a local bar with a pool table where a lot of those kinds of
people hang out. I didn't want to do that, but I was desperate. We looked like a couple of dopes acting like we did, but like I said, I was desperate. I had
to get her out. Roger and I found a couple of guys that said they would do it and so we snuck back to NASA to get it done. Once we got there, we found someone
had already moved the safe. I then told them I knew that it had been moved to the final assembly room. I sent Roger and the two cracker jack guys to the
assembly room and I went back to get the flashlight Roger had dropped only to be caught by Dr. Bellows. He got after me saying I was too conscientious and that
he was going to let me watch the launching of the rocket. Of course I knew he was doing that to be a chump to try and prove something about me again. So Roger
and those two guys were left to get to the safe by themselves. I tried to tell him that I couldn't possibly go, but he dragged me along side him and wouldn't
let me out of his site (you know, he can really bug me sometimes). So I was forced to sit and watch the rocket on the screen take off. I once again tried to get
loose, but Dr. Bellows wouldn't let me go. Dr. Bellows pointed out to the Congressman there with us when they were loading the safe and I choked on my water
and then I fainted.
After I came to, I took off like a shot and tried to catch the rocket before it took off, but I was too late. My heart sank. My Jeannie was gone. She was
counting on me and I let her down. The most important thing in my life was gone. What was I going to do? I wanted to fall apart. All I could do was stand
there and watch. The next thing I know, Roger comes up behind me and all he could do was stand there and say how cool the rocket looked going up and I was
still hysterical (and yes, I was almost crying).
Come to find out, Roger had made a switch right before they loaded it. Boy was I relieved. I pulled him along so we could go find her and when we got there,
the safe was gone. Those two boneheaded safe crackers had stolen it (I should have known). I got even more scared. Knowing how these guys are, what if they
tried to "break" into it? The explosive would be ignited and Jeannie would really be gone. So Roger and I set out to find those bozos.
We went back to the bar where we first met them and asked the bartender if he knew where they lived and he said he couldn't even remember who we were talking
about. We then told him that we were staying there until they came in, because they were bound to come in there sometime. They finally came in and they
tried to bribe us by telling us they wanted $25,000 before they would tell us where the safe was. Then this lady from a pawn shop came in and told the guys
that she sent it to Harry's scrap yard. Oh boy. Now Jeannie was really in trouble. She could have been crushed to smithereens. All I could think about
was how I had to get the safe back and how scared Jeannie must have been.
Once Roger and I got there, we asked the guy where the safe was and he told me they had just put it on the belt to be crushed. I tried to get to it in time,
but I couldn't find it. Then the guy told me that it was too late and that it had already gone through the crusher. My heart sank even more. Roger and I
went back to my house and we sat at my kitchen table talking about her and how wonderful she was. I was falling apart, but I couldn't cry in front of Roger,
although it was hard not to. Jeannie meant everything to me.
Then I had a lucky break. I went to the scrap yard this morning to kind of bring a memorial to her. I brought flowers and I sat down on something while I
thought about her. I all of a sudden heard her voice. I thought it was just because I was hurting so much. But it got stronger. I heard her yelling for
help and I asked her where she was and she said in the safe. I stood up and it turns out, I was sitting on the safe. I was sitting on it!!! Oh, what a
rush of relief again! My sweetheart wasn't gone. I was so thankful to have another chance of getting her back. I promised with all my heart I was going
to get her out. She so sweetly and pitifully told me to make it soon. I told her that I never knew how much she meant to me until she got locked in there.
I was never ever going to let her out of my sight again. I kept telling her these things only to have Roger and Dr. Bellows come over while I was talking
to her and of course as always, Dr. Bellows thought I was losing it.
We brought the safe back to my office and Dr. Bellows wanted it that way because he wanted me to get out of the notion the safe was a person. Roger hunted
down the person who invented the safe to try and get him to tell us how to open it, but even he couldn't. He designed it to stay locked and the only one
who had the safe combination was the US president. Oh no! Now what was I supposed to do? I did all I could for today. I went home. I was worn out.
I have tried to sleep the last few nights but it has been really hard. All I could think about was Jeannie. She was so scared and helpless. Not even her
magic could get her out of this one. Last night when I thought she was gone for good, forget it. I couldn't sleep. The most precious thing that has ever
come into my life was supposedly gone and I couldn't bear it. Once Roger was gone, I had a good cry (I wouldn't let him see me cry). Now that I know she's
safe in my office for the moment, I can rest a little at least, but it sure is lonely without her here. But I'll get her out. She' done plenty for and it's
time I did something for her. She's the most important and precious thing in my life and no way no how am I giving her up.
Entry #32
Well it has now been a few weeks since Jeannie was locked in the safe. I haven't written in a couple of weeks because I have not felt like it. Roger and I
have been round and round in circles trying to figure out how to get her out of there, but we have been unsuccessful. Making sure Dr. Bellows has been out
of sight, I have tried to spend as much time with Jeannie as possible talking to her while I eat lunch and things like that because I know she gets lonely
all cooped up in there. She said it's like being in her bottle all over again. Of course I have been lonely at home without her, but we are going to get
her out some how. Plus, I have been on one of the biggest roller coaster rides I have ever been on the last few days.
Roger and I got assignments to help more folks learn about NASA's progress. I was first assigned to area 25, which included Panama, Ecuador, and the Guianas,
which is right on the equator. Unfortunately, to Roger's dismay, he was assigned to stay right here in Cocoa Beach. Then another fellow officer was assigned
to go to the Middle East. I then went into my office to tell Jeannie that I would be gone for a while and she said it was a shame that I wasn't assigned to
the Middle East so I could go find Haji, the chief of all genies and that he could probably figure out a way to get her out of the safe. Then the most puzzling
thing, I took another look at my orders and they read, The Middle East. Roger and I figured it was a mix up between me and our officer friend, but being
desperate as I was, I decided to go anyways and look for Haji, because as I was leaving, Dr. Bellows said they had scheduled another moon shot to send the safe
up and I had to act fast. So the first thing I did when I got to Baghdad was start looking for Haji. A couple of guys in the market square basically mobbed me
with their merchandise when I asked them if they knew where I could find Haji.
Then this woman in red came up behind and told me she knew where to find Haji and so I followed her. I didn't think much of it. She took me to a harem with
some dancing harem girls and when I walked in, they were all over me and I bumped into a couple of different things trying to get away from them. Finally the
woman in red got them to leave me alone. I asked where I was and she said in her master's harem. I turned around only to find myself looking at Jeannie's
sister. I knew it had to mean trouble, but I took a chance and told her I needed her help. I should have known better. The next thing I knew, I was in a
bird cage. A bird cage!!!! At one point when Jeannie II was out of sight, I tried sweet talking one of those girls into letting me out of the cage and it
actually worked for a moment. She let me out, but Jeannie II returned a little bit later and put me right back in the cage. Then she had the nerve to make
bird noises to me when she put a cover over the cage.
A while later, a little stroke of luck happened. Roger showed up, only to have Jeannie II put him in the cage with me. I was getting madder by the minute.
Then, things got very interesting. Her master showed up and she was trying to act all innocent (yeah, innocent my foot). She told him all she was doing was
feeding the birds and he opened the cage and put his finger on there and pulled it back out to find Roger and me sitting on it (I can only imagine was his
first thought was). Jeannie II turned us back to normal size. Next thing I knew he came after Roger and me. We around in circles for about a minute
(seemed like forever). He wanted to kill us because he thought we were trying to steal his genie (yeah the day I take that genie will be the day poodles
sprout wings). I told him that we didn't want to steal her and that she stole me and locked Roger up too. He first asked why she would do that and I told
him I really didn't know. But then he thought a minute and said knowing her, it was possible. Again she tried to act innocent (yeah about as innocent as a
donkey is of heehawing). She said she only wanted us as pets (yeah, sure whatever). He told us she would give us one wish and then he would kill her and
Roger had to blurt out he wished she wouldn't do that (there you go, wish thrown away). Then Jeannie II blinked us home. The first thing I did was go check
on Jeannie.
Entry #33
Well it's over. I got Jeannie out and just in the nick of time. I came home from Baghdad to an interesting situation. First Jeannie told me that since she
had been in the safe for a full moon that who ever let her out of there would be her new master (yeah, not while I'm still breathing. No one is getting my
Jeannie). So I resolved that I would absolutely not let anyone else let her out of there. I was not going to lose her. Then Dr. Bellows informed me that
they had decided the safe wasn't going up after all and that a man that had called Dr. Wedemeyer thought that the explosive mechanism had been ignited.
Oops, I really had to act fast.
I told Dr. Bellows that I wanted to be the one to open it, but he said it was too dangerous and out of the question. Well, I had to do something else. I was
not about to let Dr. Wedemeyer have my Jeannie. I had to get Roger to help me. One of us had to delay Wedemeyer and the other one had to steal the safe.
Of course Roger wasn't as positive as I was, but he went along with me anyways. He went to delay Wedemeyer and I took the safe. So Roger told Dr. Bellows that
Dr. Wedemeyer needed an escort since he was such a distinguished guest (boy he can pull the wool over one's eyes). What I did was get our ice cream guy, Joe to
help without him really knowing what he was doing. I bought his whole stock of ice cream and I sent him to the movies and told him where he could later find
his cart. I then proceeded to dress up like him and disguise the safe to look like the ice cream cart. I thought I was gonna get canned when Dr. Bellows saw me
and wanted to buy an ice cream but I luckily I got away and I gave him an ice cream sandwich in my pocket (I must have sounded like a complete numskull).
I got the safe to my house. Roger later comes running to me to tell me that keeping Wedemeyer away would only mean disaster. He said that the explosive was on
a timer and that at 1:00 the darn thing was gonna arm itself and explode. Oh no, now what were we going to do. I sent Roger to get Widemeyer where ever he left
him. Jeannie started to get scared, but I told her not to worry and she asked me what if Roger didn't get back in time and I told her he just had to. I didn't
want to admit it, but I was scared. What if Roger hadn't gotten back in time? I can tell you now, they may as well have buried me.
Roger then got a hold of me by phone and told me that Wedemeyer had gotten someone to give him a ride so I darted for the base to get him and I had to do it very
discreetly before Dr. Bellows horned in. I knew exactly where to go to get him and take him to my house. I met him at a window and I told him to stand very still
because a very slight move from him would cause an earthquake because there was fault line running right under the building (yeah I know it sounds crazy but I had
to do something and at least he fell for it). So I told him to walk towards me and I helped him out the window and I took him to my house We got there and he was
too nervous to work on it so I told him I would do it. He told me what to do every step. And I could see why he was nervous. I was nervous too, but I had to remain
calm for Jeannie's sake. I won't write about everything I did to open because it's too nerve racking to talk about. I drilled a hole (very complicated) in the safe
door and clipped two wires and diffused the explosive just in the nick of time. Oh my gosh, what a surge of relief. I had never felt such relief in my life. I
went into the kitchen to get Wedemeyer a drink and came out to see that he was trying to open the safe. So I had to trick him into thinking another fuse was ticking
and was going to explode. He went running out the door and I saw Jeannie through the hole and told her to come out, but she had gotten knocked out by something that
had fallen over on her. So I had to try and get it open myself. I had already heard the first couple of digits, but not the third but then it occurred to me that
since the explosive had been diffused and he had already dialed the first two digits, I could just try them all and I could open the door. Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As
I opened the door, she came to and saw that it was open and she started jumping for joy and she smoked out and we threw our arms around each other. I was never so glad
to hug anyone in my life and Roger got back in time to welcome her back. Of course Dr. Bellows had to show up and accuse Roger and me of stealing it so I told him
the fault story and he said there were no fault lines in Cocoa Beach and tight about that time we felt the earth move (and yes, I know who did that---Jeannie).
So Dr. Bellows and Wedemeyer left.
Anyhow, Roger and I went into the kitchen and we found Jeannie munching away on some left over chicken (poor thing-I know she was starving). Roger gave Jeannie some
more greetings and then left to go home and all I wanted to do was hold Jeannie. After she finished eating she kept saying how glad she was to be free and that I got
to her in time and that she didn't have to serve a new master and I just took her in my arms and just hugged her. I didn't want to let her go. I was afraid if I did
she might disappear. I then looked at her and told her that I missed her and she told me the same thing. I gave her a little kiss and told her to get all fixed up if
she wanted and that I was going to take her out and like she always does, she squealed with joy.
I took her to the Cocoa Beach yacht club (where I said I would take her four weeks earlier when I thought I was gonna get her right back out). After we ate dinner all
she wanted was just go back home and spend time there because she had been away for so long, she just wanted to be there. So we came home and we just spent time together
talking and enjoyed each other's company. We sat out on the patio for the longest time and we stood up to come in for the night and I took her arms again and hugged her
and I told her again how glad I was that she was back and then she just looked at me and kissed me. I jokingly asked her what that was for and she told me that it was
for being the best master ever and for getting her out. At that, I just couldn't help it any longer. I pulled her closer and kissed her back. I told her it was time she
went to her bottle and got some sleep and she agreed and that she was tired. I just knew that I might be tempted to tell her that I love her if we stood there any longer.
But I didn't think I should. After all, what can I do about it? I want more than anything to tell her that I love her. Almost losing her yet again has made me want to
hold on to her even more. As I told her when I found her okay at the scrap yard, I'm never letting her out of my sight again.
Entry #34
If ever I have been a dope, it would be lately. You would think I would have learned after all Jeannie and I went through with that safe business and with being scared out
of our wits when Jeannie, Roger and, I went to England to check out a mansion I had supposedly inherited there (I'm not going into that-it was too weird and creepy).
I just happened to go over the Bellows house for dinner one evening and the next morning, I was just telling Jeannie about it and she went all crazy on me. I was just commenting
on Mrs. Bellows' cooking and of course I had to open my big mouth and say all Jeannie ever had to do was "blink" and presto. So she gets all crazy saying I insulted her and
I did no such thing. I told her all I said was that I enjoyed Mrs. Bellows' cooking and she thought that was an insult to her (what is it with her sensitivity-sheesh!). So I
took off for work thinking nothing more about it. I was telling Roger all about it and we both just blew it off and of course Mrs. Bellows walked in as I was bragging about her
and I got embarrassed (I wouldn't admit that).
I came home from work that day to find that Jeannie had left a hot iron on one of my shirts and it burnt clear through. Oh no! Jeannie!! Then she came running in there and was
appalled and said she didn't mean to do it and she was sorry and then comes the kitchen. It was the shambles! There was stuff everywhere. I told her I was going to close my
eyes and count and when I opened them, that stuff had better be gone. So I did just that and everything was still everywhere. I then learned Jeannie had asked Haji to take away
her powers so she could try to do everything by hand. What on earth for?! Well, she thought I would appreciate her more. Now isn't that sweet.
I went to work the next day with a piece of plaid material sowed on to the burnt spot on my shirt and my pants with the legs about 4 inches above my ankles. I looked like a little
English school boy. Of course Dr. Bellows had to say something (I mean, doesn't he always?). I went home that afternoon and was looking for Jeannie, but she was no where around.
I then found a message written on one of my mirrors that read, "She has left you you louse." What?! What is that all about? Come to find out Mrs. Bellows had dropped by suddenly
and unexpectedly with a cake for me and Jeannie was watering my plants outside and by the looks of everything and what Jeannie had said to her, Mrs. Bellows got the impression we
were married and that I was treating her like a slave (I would never do that). All in all, everything worked out because Jeannie came out with it that she was a genie and of course
Mrs. Bellows thought Jeannie had flipped her lid and that I was actually the one suffering in the relationship. Boy I got out of that one by the skin of my chin. From then on, I
knew I had to make sure I told Jeannie how much I appreciated her and that I would not take her for granted anymore. I mean, she means everything to me.
Then came the dilly of them all. Roger came into work one morning saying that all women are bad (wait just a second here-not Roger). Yes, Roger. His date obviously went wrong and
he just makes a declaration that all women are bad. I told him not Jeannie and he even had the nerve to say yes, Jeannie too. Ahh, come on now. Roger made me a bet with money that
if the right man came along, Jeannie would forget all about me (yeah right). So to prove him wrong I posed as a British Psychiatrist named Dr. Jeffery Tiffin-Smythe (cheez, I looked
a geek). I invited Jeannie to the base for lunch with me only to pose as Dr. Tiffin-Smythe saying Tony had something come up and that "I" would take her to lunch. I was beginning to
think Roger might have been right about Jeannie. She was all over "me".
Then one of the most difficult parts of this whole thing was Dr. Bellows (man, he never stops picking on me!). He was about to catch me as Dr. Tiffin Smythe. He came to my house one
evening and I kept having to go upstairs to change clothes and Dr. Bellows almost had me and when he insisted on seeing me and Dr. Tiffin-Smythe at the same time, I knew I was toast.
Next thing I knew "Dr. Tiffin-Smythe" came downstairs (yes, my Jeannie always comes through for me) and made Dr. Bellows look like a yo-yo bird once again. Turns out, Jeannie figured
out it was me from the very beginning and just played along like she did to teach me a lesson and it sure worked. I should have known better and trusted Jeannie. Roger was just going
to have to get over himself. He was wrong about Jeannie. The really cute part about it all is that Jeannie said she loved me no matter who I was. Now isn't that the sweetest thing
anyone ever heard? I know that when she said that I felt a flip inside me. It made me feel wonderful! The thing is I have been thinking about what she said in that she loves me no
matter who I am. I have been thinking how I feel about her. She may a different kind of human, a genie, but yet I still love her, no matter whom or what she is. I just wonder why
it couldn't work for us. I just keep wanting even more to tell her back that I love her. I wish I knew what to do. I love her so much that it makes me a little crazy. Well, gotta
go for now.
Entry #35
Jeannie's sister has been at it again and even stronger than before on one occasion. I mean does that young lady actually think I'd go for her? Not in this lifetime! No way!! I
came home from work a few days ago to find Jeannie trying to bake me a cake. Next thing I knew she started sprinkling some stuff on me and suddenly she turns on me like a raving
lunatic. She hated me out of nowhere. Now why! Next thing I knew she blinks me in the oven and starts roasting me. Ouch, now that hurt. I thought I was going to cook to death.
Then Roger comes in and Jeannie sprinkles some stuff on him and suddenly she's in love with him. Now this was even stranger. Roger convinces her to blink me out of the oven and she
starts packing to go home with Roger. Now I was really appalled. I didn't know what to think. I mean, what did I do to her?! It was the worst feeling of my life! The woman whom
I loved and who supposedly loved me had suddenly turned on me and hated me. I did not understand. So what was I to do? I let her go with Roger. I mean I don't think I could have
stopped her. She managed to blink me into a block of ice and back out and everything. It was just awful.
The next day at work, I could hardly function. I asked Roger if I could at least speak to Jeannie and he agreed and she went nuts when she saw me and she was ready to boil me again,
but I said that all I wanted to do was talk to her and she remained calm for the most part but yet she was impossible to talk to. I don't think I mentioned that I even got frostbitten
on account of her. I couldn't even get her to tell me why she hated me. So while I was trying to rest on my bed at home and gather my thoughts, I got the most unpleasant visitor
possible, Jeannie's sister. She told me all about her little plan and what she had done and that she couldn't wait to start training me (yeah-training me for what, the harem dork dance?).
So knowing her, I just played along with her. I told her that I wanted to clear out a few things first before I ventured off with her (yeah-I rather eat snails and I can't stand snails).
So she agreed and I snuck to the kitchen and grabbed the flasks with the magic potions knowing full well which one was which and headed off to Roger's apartment.
Of course Roger was living it up and had girls everywhere and he was preparing to marry Jeannie. So I just asked him if I could see Jeannie and I just wanted to wish the two of them the
best and he called her and she asked what that pig (yes me) was doing there and Roger very nicely consoled her and that I just wanted to wish the two of them the best, but it didn't take
long for Jeannie to totally lose it again.. She blinked me tied to a table with a swinging axe above me. Oh boy, I had to do some fancy talking to get out of this. Next thing I knew,
one of the girls had sprinkled the hate potion on Roger and Jeannie blinked him on the table with me. I knew I had to trick her some how into sprinkling the love potion (no, not love
potion #9) on us. So I acted like she better not put it on us and I told her to do anything but sprinkle the stuff in that flask on us, but that was the key. She did it anyway. Then
she realized the horrifying situation she had me in and freaked out and blinked me off the table. She acted so sweet and apologetic and I just hugged her and told it was over. I got
her to blink Roger off the table after he screamed bloody murder. Jeannie had to know what happened so I showed her the flasks and she commented that those were her birthday presents from
her sister and I told her what her sister had done and she was appalled.
Then to get her sister to go away once again, Jeannie blinked me into an old man so her sister wouldn't be interested in me and it worked and Jeannie was ready to leave me as an old man
so it would be safer but I finally got her to blink me back and all was well, at least for a while. I wondered how long her sister would stay away this time. Obviously not for long.
Roger and I were assigned to do a moon project called the first couple on the moon. It was an experiment to see what would happen. Apparently Jeannie's sister has fooled Jeannie once
again because Jeannie was afraid that something would happen between me and whoever was assigned to me so naturally Jeannie's sister tried to fix everything. Jeannie's sister outdid her
competitor in the physical competition. Let me clear up the fact that at the time, I didn't know it was her. She was posing as a Dr. Walters. So after all was said and done, "Dr. Walters"
was paired up with me and Roger got the other girl (and believe me, it didn't hurt him one bit as far as he was concerned).
One night after we had finished for the day, Roger, the girl, and I were at my house and there was a knock at the door. It was the girl's boyfriend. How about that! The girl had a boyfriend.
Poor, Rog. He thought he was gonna have a chance with this girl. So that guy went out to dinner with them and I just stayed home instead of going along. All of a sudden Jeannie pops in worried.
She just blurts out of nowhere that Dr. Walters is her sister (oh man, not again-does she ever stop???!!!-apparently not). I was flabbergasted. I told Jeannie to get rid of her and she said
she could not that it does not work on other genies. Oh boy, now what was I supposed to do. I was fixing to spend three months locked up on the moon with Jeannie's sister. I was suddenly feeling
ill. Jeannie said that was the key. Huh? Now she had lost me. She then revealed that genies were afraid when they got all bottled up. Ok, now the trick was to get her sister to panic so she
would be washed out of the mission. Wrong!! I was actually the one that panicked a little because she was all over me. I almost got washed out myself. Well, now it was time to move on to plan B.
I had to get her locked up by herself without me. So I had a classified trash can in the gym and I tricked her into thinking it was a tube we would have to get in on the moon and we might as well
practice it now. She WAS afraid to get in, but when she heard that "I'd be right behind her", she was not afraid anymore. So once she was in, I put the lid on the can. Dr. Bellows caught me trying
to take it out and was demanding to know where Dr. Walters was and here she comes out of the blue. Oh no, did it not work?! After Dr. Bellows was out of the room, "Dr. Walters" began laughing a very
familiar laugh. I wasn't sure what to think. So I very unsurely asked if she WAS Jeannie and that I couldn't know for sure and she said that oh yes I could and she pulled me into a kiss. That's how
I knew. Boy, she sure can kiss.
Well, while Jeannie was still posed as Dr. Walters, we were in the box and she pressed a wrong button and I went nuts and they washed me out of the mission and they were still ready to send Jeannie to
the moon. Let me clear up that she was supposed to panic on purpose, but she tried to argue saying it would be so wonderful to be locked up with me. Yes, she was right; it would have been wonderful,
but I couldn't tell her that. I told her the whole point was to put a man and a woman up there and as much as I didn't want to say it, I told her she wasn't a "woman" (even though I know she is). I
had to say something to get her to do what she's supposed to. Anyways, everything worked out. I was a little upset with Jeannie for getting me washed out, even though it wasn't her fault. She didn't
mean to do what she did. Then Roger came by to tell me they cancelled the mission because of something I couldn't quite understand, but it doesn't matter. Roger then told me that there were two girls
that were gonna be at some party they were throwing and I had to make the mistake of saying I would go and I ended up hanging by my feet from the ceiling. It would have been fun though. I know I have
feelings for Jeannie, but we're not an item (oh how I wish we could be though.) Gotta go for now.
Entry #36
This is without a doubt one of the weirdest days of my life. It was Roger's birthday and Jeannie and I had him over for dinner and cake. We had a good time. I gave him a watch and I gave Jeannie
permission to give him a "wish" for his birthday. So she did the cutest thing. She got an empty box and put a bow on it and he thought it was a joke, but Jeannie told him it was a wish and he was so happy.
Right as he was walking out the door, we were talking about the flight that I was having to take the next day that poor Rog didn't get picked for and he just blurted out without thinking that he wished he could be me
for that flight and, well, I'm fixing to tell an interesting story.
I called out to Jeannie and told her I wanted a cup of coffee and I sat down on the couch and she came through the living room like she was looking for something and I told her to set the coffee on the
coffee table and she said that she didn't know I wanted one too and I said I was the one who asked for it. Then she started acting really strange saying that was a funny trick and she was laughing like crazy.
I could not figure out why she was laughing. She kept on laughing and then she showed me my face in the mirror. I had Roger's face! I had Roger's face!!! We figured out that Roger had blurted out he wished he
could be me for the flight not meaning to, but presto chango, there we were. I told Jeannie to change us back and she said she could not that once a genie has granted a wish she could not take it back. She
said Roger was the only one who could do anything. For us to change back, Roger would have to take his wish back. Man, it was just so weird to hear my voice and see Roger's face with it. So we tried to call
Roger at his apartment, but no answer. We then tried looking for him at the officer's club but no luck. I only got a cup of water thrown in my face by one Roger's girlfriends. Oh well.
Anyway, we came back to my house and Jeannie got one of her fantastic ideas. She blinked in a blood hound and I thought she was crazy at first, but I was desperate. First he came right back to me, then we
showed him "my picture" and he took off. So Jeannie followed him clear to the base hospital and that was a very interesting ride. We bumped into person after person and went flying down the halls and went
flying on stretchers. It was absolutely crazy. Then good old Dr. Bellows found me and wanted to examine me as well because he thought I was another split personality like "Roger".
I sat in my room for a while until Jeannie finally popped in and said Dr Bellows was on his way to my room with General Peterson. So I told her to get Roger to my room immediately so she blinked him in.
It was even stranger to be talking to my own body with Roger's voice coming out of it. I told Roger what he had to do to get us out of this mess and he wasn't about to. He was being stubborn because he
wanted to take my flight. But when Dr. Bellows and General Peterson came in, Roger and I had to hide and pantomime for each other. That got us out of the blue with them for the moment being, but I still
had to convince Roger to take his wish back. He still wasn't going to until I threatened to blow it all and tell Dr. Bellows what was going on and then he got afraid and said neither one of us would go if
I did that and I said I knew that. So he wised up and took his wish back.
All went well until right after I had taken off on my flight. Roger popped in my chamber. Apparently Jeannie gave him another wish and he just had to be smart and wish he was on the flight with me. However,
I know I can be stubborn too. Everything still went well. I know Jeannie meant well and just wanted to be kind to Roger for his birthday. I guess that is one of the things I love most about her. She has
the most tender, gentle, and kind spirit of any woman I have ever met. She's so sweet and caring and kind. I guess that's why I love her so much. I do not know what I would do without her. Gotta go.